CVE-2022-25324
Denial of Service (DoS)
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2022 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:33 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBignum
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
All versions of package bignum are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a type-check exception in V8, when verifying the type of the second argument to the .powm function, V8 will crash regardless of Node try/catch blocks.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/justmoon/node-bignum/blob/ef2e02533e598d6df8421000033c4753cde89ee2/index.js%23L111x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-BIGNUM-2388581CVSS
7.5HIGHsnyk
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1321
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